Ukuzindla kosuku: UZimu wembula ithando lakhe ngeNdodana
Akekho umuntu ngeqiniso oke wabona uNkulunkulu noma wamazisa, kodwa yena uqobo uzembulile. Futhi waziveza ngokukholwa, okuwukuphela kwakhe okuvunyelwe ukubona uNkulunkulu.Ngempela uNkulunkulu, iNkosi noMdali wendawo yonke, okunguye owaqamba konke futhi wahlela konke ngokohlelo, akagcini ngokuthanda abantu, kepha nokubhekakade. Futhi wayehlale enje, usekhona futhi uzoba njalo: unothando, muhle, uyabekezela, uthembekile; uyedwa muhle impela. Futhi esekhulelwe enhliziyweni yakhe uhlelo olukhulu futhi olungaphumeleli, ulukhuluma neNdodana yakhe kuphela.
Ngaso sonke isikhathi, ngakho-ke, lapho alondoloze futhi wagcina khona isu lakhe lokuhlakanipha emfihlakalweni, kwabonakala sengathi usishaye indiva futhi akasinakanga nakancane kithi; kepha lapho ngeNdodana yakhe ethandekayo wembula futhi wazisa okwakulungisiwe kusukela ekuqaleni, wasinikeza sonke ndawonye: ukujabulela izinzuzo zakhe nokuzindla nokuziqonda. Ubani phakathi kwethu obengalindela zonke lezi zenzo zomusa?
Ngemuva kokuhlela konke ngaphakathi kuye kanye neNdodana, wasivumela kwaze kwafika isikhathi esishiwo ngenhla ukuthi sihlale emseni wemizwelo ekhubazekile futhi bakhishwa endleleni elungile ngenjabulo nangokuhaha, silandela intando yethu. Ngokuqinisekile akazange ajabule ngezono zethu, kodwa wazibekezelela; akakwazanga ngisho nokusivuma leso sikhathi sobubi, kepha walungisa inkathi yamanje yobulungiswa, ukuze kuthi, lapho sizibona ngaleso sikhathi kucace ukuthi asikufanele ukuphila ngenxa yemisebenzi yethu, sikufanele ngenxa yomusa wakhe, futhi ngoba, ngemuva kokubonisa ukwehluleka kwethu ukungena embusweni wakhe ngamandla ethu, siba namandla ngawo.
Kwathi-ke lapho ukungabi nabulungisa kwethu kufinyelela kuvuthondaba futhi kwacaca ukuthi isijeziso nokufa kuphela okwakubasinda njengomvuzo, futhi isikhathi esasibekwe nguNkulunkulu sase sifikile sokwembula uthando namandla akhe (noma ubuhle obukhulu nothando luka UNkulunkulu!), Akazange asizonde, futhi akasilahlanga, futhi akazange aziphindiselele. Kunalokho, wasibekezelela ngesineke. Ngomusa wakhe wathwala izono zethu. Ngokuzenzekelayo wanikela ngeNdodana yakhe njengentengo yesihlengo sethu: abangcwele, ababi, abangenacala kwababi, abalungile kwababi, ukungonakali kokonakala, ukungafi kwabantu abafayo. Yini ebingasula izono zethu, uma kungenjalo ubulungiswa bakhe? Kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi thina, esiphambukile nesibi, sibuthole ubulungiswa uma kungenjalo kwiNdodana kaNkulunkulu eyodwa?
O ukushintshaniswa okumnandi, noma indalo engenakulinganiswa, noma ingcebo engalindelekile yezinzuzo: ukungabi nabulungisa kwabaningi kwaxolelwa okulungile kanti ubulungiswa bunye bususe ukungabi nabuntu kwabaningi!
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